Brooder-coop.



No. 807,196. PATENTED DEG. l2, 1905.

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BROODER COOP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.22,1904.

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PATENTBD DEG. 12, 1905.

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BROODER COOP.

APPLIOATION r11-.ED MAB.22,1904.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application filed March 22, 1904. Serial No. 199,437.

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAs OBRIEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Branford, in the county of New Haven and State of'Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Brooder-Coop, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to poultry culture 5 and its object is to provide a new and improved brooder coo which is simple and durable in construction and arranged to insure proper ventilation and to provide a clean and healthy brooding-compartment for a hen and a separate scratching-compartment for chicks, to allow the latter to readily pass from the brooding-compartment to the scratchingcompartment, and vice versa, and to allowthe chicks to scratch and feed in the scratchingcompartment in all kinds of weather without annoyance from the sitting hen or chickens from other coops, and to protect the chicks from danger of attack at night or day from i enemies of the chicks;

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the yinventionis represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a like view of the same, showing the several parts detached. Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section of the scratching-compartment, and Fig. 4 is a like view of the brooding-compartment.

The brooder-coop consists, essentially, of a box A, having a rearwardly and downwardly slanting roof B and a removable transverse slat partition C for dividing the box into a broodingcompartment D and a scratching and feeding compartment E for chicks, and the front A of the box is formed with two spaced openings arranged one above the other and extending throughout the length of the box, the lower opening being adapted to be closed at the said brooding-compartment D by a removable slat front F, and the opening at the scratching compartment is adapted to be closed by a removable screen G, and the upper opening is adapted to be opened or closed throughout its length by a Ventilating-door H. On the outer face of the slat front F is hinged a screen I, and on the latter is hinged a door J for closing the said screen I and also the entire front opening at the brooding-compartment D whenever it is desired to do so..

The slat partition O is preferably formed of a plurality of spaced vertically-disposed slats C, secured to a horizontal bar C2, and on the front end of the bar C2 is arranged a pivoted latch C3 for engaging one side of a post K, (see Fig. 3,) extending between the bottom A2 of the box, and the roof B at the front of the box, and the rear end of the said bar C2 fits between a lug K, secured to the back A3 of the boxv and a rear post K2, extending between the bottom A2 'and the roof B of the box at the back A3. The upper ends of the slats C terminate a distance below the transverse roof-bar K3, and the lower ends of the said slats abut against a transverse bottom bar K4, the said posts K K2 and the bars K3 Ki forming an open reinforcing or strengthening frame for the box A. N ow by the arrangement described the slat partition C can be readily placedV and secured in position on the said reinforcing-frame whenever it is desired to form the -two compartments D and E, of which the compartment D is to contain a brood and a hen, while the spaces between the slats C form passage-ways for chicks to pass freely from the brooding-compartment to the scratching and feeding compartment, and vice versa; but the hen is prevented from passing into the scratching and feeding compartment by the said slat partition, and hence the chicks are not liable to be annoyed by the brooding hen or interfered with by chickens from other coops.

The slat front F is removably held on the front of the compartment D and is locked in place by top and bottom latches L and L',v

and a similar latch L2 serves to hold the screen G in position on the front of the scratching and feeding compartment E.

The door H is adapted to be locked in an open position by a hook and staple H and H2, as plainly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, and the cover J is adapted to be locked in an open position by a hook N and a staple N', and the screen I is adapted to be locked in an open position by a similar hook and staple O and O, as plainly indicated in Figs.l 1 and 4.

The screen I may be swung into'an open position, so as to leave the slat front F open, as indicated in Figs. 1 and2, for the small chicks to pass out and in of the coop; but when it is desired to keep the chicks in the lOO IIO

coop in wet weather, &c., then the screen I is swung downward to close the slat front F; but the cover J may be left open, so as to insure proper entry of air to the compartment D. In rainy or stormy weather, however, the cover J may be closed, so as to close the entire front opening leading to the compartment D.

The screen G for the compartment E is adapted to be locked in place by the latch L2, and the said screen G is provided on its outer face with a skeleton frame for receiving a frame of glass P to close the said screen whenever it is desired to do so without, however, shutting out light from the interior of the box A.

By having the front F and the screen G removable the compartment can be readily cleansed at any time, and when it is desired to cleanse the compartment D, for instance, the partition C is first removed and the hen moved into the compartment E, and when the compartment D is cleansed the hen is pushed back into that compartment, after which the partition C is again placed in position.

Proper ventilation of the entire coop canv be had at any time by the door H, which by being hinged at the upper end and swinging outwardly prevents rain from passing through the top opening'into the interior of the coop.

The coop may be used for chickens long after they are weaned by the hen and also for chickens that are old enough to be taken from the warmth of the brooder and colcnized out doors.

It will be seen that by providing a separate scratching-compartment for the young chicks it is evident they are not confined in the sleeping or brooding compartment, and hence they are not liable to be overrun with lice or become filthy.

The device is very simple and durable in construction, not liable to easily get out of order, and can be cheaply manufactured.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A l. A brooder coop comprising an elongated box having a roof and provided with a removable slat partition extending from front to rear and dividing the box into a brooding-compartment and ascratching and feeding compartment for chicks, the spaces between the slats forming passage-ways for the chicks to pass from one compartment to the other, and the said partition confining a hen in the brooding-compartment, as set forth.

2. A brooder-coop, comprising a box having 'a roof, a transverse removable slat partition dividing the box into a brooding-coinpartment and a scratching and feeding compartment for the chicks, and a removable closure for the front of each compartment, as set forth.

-tition dividing the box into a brooding-compartment and a scratching and feeding compartment for the chicks, and an open-work closure for the front of each compartment, as

set forth.

4. A brooder coop comprising a box, a transverse removable slat partition dividing the box into a brooding-compartment and a scratching and feeding compartment for chicks, the spaces between the slats forming passage-ways for the chicks to pass from one compartment to the other, and the said partition confining a hen in the brooding-coinpartment, and a removable slat front for the front opening of the brooding-compartment, as set forth.

5. A brooder-coop comprising a box, a transverse removable slat partition dividing the box into a brooding-compartment and a scratching and feeding compartment for chicks, the spaces between the slats forming passage-ways for the chicks to pass from one compartment to the other, and the said partition confining a hen in the brooding-coinpartment, a removable slat front for the front opening of the broding-compartment, a screen hinged on the said front, and a cover hinged on the said screen, as set forth.

6. A brooder-coop comprising a box, a transverse removable slat partition dividing the box into a broodingcompartment and a scratching and feeding compartment for chicks, the spaces between the slats forming passage-ways for the chicks to pass from one compartment to the other, and the said partition confining a hen in the brooding-.compartment, a removable slat front for the front opening of the brooding-compartment, and a removable screen for the front opening of the scratching and feeding compartment, as set forth.

7. A brooder-coop comprising a box, a transverse removable slat partition dividing the box into a brooding-compartment and a scratching and feeding compartment for chicks, the spaces between the slats forming passage-ways for the chicks to pass from one compartment to the other, and the said partition confining a hen in the brooding-comp artment, a removable slat front for the front opening of the brooding-compartment, a rel-movable screen for the front opening of the scratching and feeding compartment, and a pane of glass for removable connection with the said screen, as set forth.

8. A brooder-coop comprising a box, a transverse removable slat partition dividing the box into a brooding-compartment and a scratching and feeding compartment for chicks, the spaces between the slats forming passage-ways for the chicks to pass from one compartment to the other, and the said partition confining a hen in the brooding-com- IOO Ilo'

partment, aremovable slat front for the front opening of the brooding compartment, a screen hinged on the said front, a cover hinged on the said screen, and means for holding the cover and the screen in open positions, as set forth.

9. A broeder-compartment comprising a box having an open reinforcing-frame at or near the middle thereof, extending in a transverse direction, the reinforcing-frame having front and rear posts and roof and bottom bars, and a transverse removable slat partition, dividing the boX into a brooding-compartment and a scratching and feeding compartment for chicks, the said slat partition being removably secured to the said frame and the spaces between the slats forming passage-ways for the chicks to pass from one compartment to the other, and the said partition confining a hen in the brooding-compartment, as set forth.

10. The combination with a coop, of a slat front, a screen carried by the slat front, and a door carried by the screen, asset forth.

11. The combination with a coop, of a removable slat front, a screen hinged to the front, and a door hinged to the screen, as se't.

THOMAS O BRIEN Witnesses:

THEO. G. HosTER, J No. M. RITTER. 

